performance tuning

PostgreSQL 7.4, the LRU list

3.1.1 PostgreSQL 7.4, the LRU list In PostgreSQL 7.4 the free space in the shared buffer was managed using a simple last recently used list. When a page is first request from disk the buffer manager puts it into the first buffer in the free LRU list. If the first buffer is used by another page the list is shifted by one unity and the eventual last page in the list is discarded.